Iraq

Bleak Prospects for Israel-Hamas War

The situation in Gaza continued to deteriorate on Sunday, December 31st, as the world prepares for New Year's celebrations. On a regional scale, tensions are sharply escalating in Iraq, Syria and the Red Sea. Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Sunday as both sides near the end of a dark year, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the war ...

Attack on Iraqi Kurdish Forces Who Blame Baghdad

An Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga base was targeted by drone attacks on Saturday night. The government of this autonomous region immediately condemned groups linked to the central government, which is close to Iran. Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan said Sunday two drones struck a military base used by the autonomous region's security forces, blaming the ...

Coalition Forces Targeted in Erbil Airport

The Counter-Terrorism Department in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has announced that a drone laden with explosives targeted the International Coalition base at the Erbil International Airport. This comes after the Islamic Resistance in Iraq declared that it attacked the Hareer base, which houses US forces near Erbil Airport in northern Iraq, using ...

US Looks to Iraq for Support against Iran Proxies

A senior US official stated in Baghdad on Wednesday, that the United States aims to actively collaborate with Iraq to tackle the increase in attacks on American troops in Iraq and Syria. The United States wants to actively engage with Iraq to address a surge in attacks on American troops in Iraq and Syria, a top US official said Wednesday in ...

Pro-Iran Groups Lead in Iraq Provincial Vote

Initial results released by the electoral commission on Tuesday indicated that pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim parties were in the lead in Iraq's provincial council elections. Pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim parties were leading in Iraq's provincial council elections, according to initial results released on Tuesday by the electoral commission. Monday's ...

First Iraqi Provincial Elections in a Decade

Iraqis participated on Monday in the first provincial council elections held in a decade, anticipated to bolster the influence of Shiite Muslim groups aligned with Iran. The vote comes at a time of widespread political apathy and disillusionment in the oil-rich country of 43 million that is still recovering from years of war and plagued by ...

Dissonnances Between Tel Aviv and Washington

The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 69th day on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, 18,787 people were killed in Israeli bombardments, most of them women, children and teenagers. For its part, Israel announced that 1,200 people, mostly civilians, died in the attack on 7 October. In addition, around a hundred Israeli ...

Attackers of the American Embassy in Iraq Linked to Authorities

Iraqi authorities have stated that the assailants who took part in the attack on the American Embassy in Baghdad on December 8 had links to security forces, according to a statement published on Thursday December 14. The American presence in Iraq is regularly targeted by pro-Iranian militias. Iraq said Thursday it had arrested several attackers ...

US Embassy in Baghdad Targeted in Rocket Attack

A multi-rocket attack targeted the US Embassy in the well-guarded Green Zone in Baghdad Friday, December 8, amid escalating regional tensions linked to the raging war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported.  Salvos of rockets targeted the US embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone early Friday, ...

Iran Proxy Strikes US and Coalition Forces in Iraq

A military official from the United States reported on Wednesday that a drone, claimed by a pro-Iran militant group, attacked Western troops at a military base in Iraq. A drone targeted Western troops at a military base in Iraq on Wednesday in an attack claimed by a pro-Iran militant group, a US military official said. "A one-way attack drone ...

Five Pro-Iran Militants Killed in Iraq Strike

Iraqi security sources reported on Sunday, December 3, that an airstrike in northern Iraq claimed the lives of at least five militants affiliated with Iran. This occurred just one day after Baghdad issued a warning to Washington, cautioning against any "attacks" on its sovereign territory. An air strike in northern Iraq killed at least five ...

Israel Moves Focus to Southern Gaza

After a week-long cease-fire ended on Friday, the Israeli army resumed airstrikes on Gaza and expanded their ground operations to the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, December 3, as Israel faced minor rocket launches from Gaza. Fighting between Israel and Hamas raged on Sunday for a third day since a week-long truce expired. Heavy ...